we're seeing tremendous cash flow growth and i think we will continue to see that. >> mitt romney and president obama sat down with cbs' 60 minutes in separate interviews. romney criticized president obama for res fusing to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying the exact opposite approach is what's necessary. president obama described israel as one of our closest allies in the region and joining us now is fred hopper, chairman and president of the export import bank of the united states. fred, great to see you again. good morning. >> good morning. >> how concerned should we be about the situation in israel, the situation in iran and the rhetoric we're hearing from both sides over the middle east? >> the tragedy last week was a terrible tragedy, and president obama and all of us condemned the violence we saw in the mideast. so i think that's very clear. >> how concerned are you about the situation? this isn't just an issue of how the president is handling. and its and he really on the ground a case of whether these two nations are increasingly in a war of words at